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it was clearly against the law. u.s. law and international law. no doubt about it. >> 25 years ago last week, president ronald reagan supported and asked the congress to pass the u.n. convention -- the united nations convention against torture abuse degradement, et cetera. we violated that. our own domestic laws, we violated those. other international treaties, we violated. so yes. >> bill: now did you find, did you look into and did you find, did we get anything out of this torture? did we get any information out of this torture which made us more secure, save lives? >> that's a question that is not fully answered in that we did not find that the torture led to any kind of usable evidence or usable information. on the other side, those who were in the administration at the time avert that it did. the problem that we have is we did not have access to classified information to determine whether it is did or it didn't. it was our opinion that those who say that it did lead to usable information had the burden of proof to show how. but from what we w
it was clearly against the law. u.s. law and international law. no doubt about it. >> 25 years ago last week, president ronald reagan supported and asked the congress to pass the u.n. convention -- the united nations convention against torture abuse degradement, et cetera. we violated that. our own domestic laws, we violated those. other international treaties, we violated. so yes. >> bill: now did you find, did you look into and did you find, did we get anything out of this...
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it was against international law. number 3, we did it even though there is no firm or persuasive evidence, reading from the report, that they produced any valuable information or any information that we could not have gotten through other means, zero evidence of anything out of that torture. and he engaging in torture, from the bi-partisan report quote, damaged the standing of our nation reducedour capacity to enact moral 7censure and increased the danger to u.s. military personnel taken captive. we did it. it was illegal, we got nothing out of it. we damaged our standing, we made our own military -- put our own military more at risk and more in danger and then, finally the report contains appendix of 22 pages muchof legal cases where the united states has either condemned or prosecuted people for doing the very same thing that george bush and dick cheney had done. stunning report. >> it's one of those things you hate to say i told you so, a lot of people we knew that torture was happening, on the left said they shoul
it was against international law. number 3, we did it even though there is no firm or persuasive evidence, reading from the report, that they produced any valuable information or any information that we could not have gotten through other means, zero evidence of anything out of that torture. and he engaging in torture, from the bi-partisan report quote, damaged the standing of our nation reducedour capacity to enact moral 7censure and increased the danger to u.s. military personnel taken...
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we have to enforce the laws and strengthen the laws on gun trafficking. i was convinced we would easily come to an agreement and pass that. >> bill: right. >> there were other things that i also voted for such as a ban on large magazine clips. the woman who shouted out at us from the gallery last night actually seized the clip, the large clip that was being used by jared loughner to kill people in tucson. the little girl, christina taylor green, who was killed in tucson, who had gone to visit gabby giffords, her father is from delaware, from wilmington, delaware. >> bill: i didn't know that. >> she was on national tv last night just expressing her disappointment her horror that we couldn't pass a ban on large magazine clips, for example. i thought several of these provisions would pass last night. but obviously they didn't. that's very disappointing. i also want to clarify for those who are listening, the manchin toomey bill is not over. it is simply laid on the table. if there is a strong enough national response, it could be picked up and passed. but we
we have to enforce the laws and strengthen the laws on gun trafficking. i was convinced we would easily come to an agreement and pass that. >> bill: right. >> there were other things that i also voted for such as a ban on large magazine clips. the woman who shouted out at us from the gallery last night actually seized the clip, the large clip that was being used by jared loughner to kill people in tucson. the little girl, christina taylor green, who was killed in tucson, who had...
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there were clearly ambulances around and police and lots of law enforcement. but things seem to be pretty open last night. i think it was a situation similar to what happened right after 9-11 when authorities were just trying to figure out a plan. and just kind of -- you know, hustle to put a plan together. >> so what is the plan -- i know a lot of people -- >> bill: is that a police whistle going off? >> yeah, did is. sorry about that. they're directing traffic all over the place. >> bill: that's fine. >> the boston marathon is a destination race. a lot of runners aspire to run in that race. what does it mean for travel for those runners who might be going back home? how are they handling that situation there in boston? >> well, i will say that yesterday when i arrived, i saw a number of runners in the airport. those who finished early i believe, decided not to stay until tomorrow, just to get out of town as quickly as possible because they anticipated there mountain chaos. i see people leaving hotels this morning. i don't know. this is boston. this is someth
there were clearly ambulances around and police and lots of law enforcement. but things seem to be pretty open last night. i think it was a situation similar to what happened right after 9-11 when authorities were just trying to figure out a plan. and just kind of -- you know, hustle to put a plan together. >> so what is the plan -- i know a lot of people -- >> bill: is that a police whistle going off? >> yeah, did is. sorry about that. they're directing traffic all over the...
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don't open the door for anyone except identified law enforcement officers. we need the public to help us help them stay safe and he tweeted this as i was talking. all in watertown, came bridge wal that may newton, belmo. nt allston and brighton should stay indoors. the whole city. >> all of those. >> shutting it down shut down. they are stopping cab service. i don't know how that would work and if that's 100% true. there are rumors these guys are using cabs. >> i wonder if they will shut logan airport next. i haven't heard that next. you think that would be hard. >> confirmed, boston police are saying all taxi service in boston suspended as the city shuts down. they are shutting boston down. >> it's tough because earlier in the day and people are not up. there are some people who don't turn on the television when they get up and go about their business and. >> we hate them. we hate people like that. >> far and few between. this is going to be a challenge and a crazy week with the ricin. >> exactly. >> that appears to be resolved. hopefully this will be resol
don't open the door for anyone except identified law enforcement officers. we need the public to help us help them stay safe and he tweeted this as i was talking. all in watertown, came bridge wal that may newton, belmo. nt allston and brighton should stay indoors. the whole city. >> all of those. >> shutting it down shut down. they are stopping cab service. i don't know how that would work and if that's 100% true. there are rumors these guys are using cabs. >> i wonder if...
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don says if any reform come out of the bombings, it's gun laws. the fact that people are using this to help with immigration, maybe they should be looking at other issues. >> bill: that's a good point. i just keep seeing comments about the weapons that they had, and how many weapons that they had, but i haven't seen anything else about where they bought them and how they got them -- >> i haven't seen that yet. >> bill: i did see something this morning about some of the black powder that they got -- that they used in the pressure cooker bombs, they got them by buying fireworks that had black powder in them. but i haven't seen much about the guns. that's a good point, don. >> and larry bond says does the gop really need a reason to do nothing? >> bill: good point. they don't really need any excuse anymore to do nothing. mike is out in colorado springs. hey, mike, what do you say? >> bill: hey, there are things i don't always agree with you on, but this i do agree with you on. but one step further, i am really tired of politicians passing laws any ti
don says if any reform come out of the bombings, it's gun laws. the fact that people are using this to help with immigration, maybe they should be looking at other issues. >> bill: that's a good point. i just keep seeing comments about the weapons that they had, and how many weapons that they had, but i haven't seen anything else about where they bought them and how they got them -- >> i haven't seen that yet. >> bill: i did see something this morning about some of the black...